Person in history
Jake Virtanen
Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1996 · August 17
- Age this year
- 30No death recorded in our data
- Born
- 30th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player
Why this date
Jake Virtanen appears on our August 17 calendar for 1996 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1996.
- July 18Saguenay flood
- May 11ValuJet Flight 592
- June 15The Troubles
- December 29Guatemala
- November 7NASA
Born the same day
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak
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Read their story →Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1996Ross ColtonSeptember 11
- 1996Colin FordSeptember 12
- 1996Batuhan Altıntaş (footballer)March 14
- 1996Adin HillMay 11
- 1996Faker (gamer)May 7
- 1996MyKayla SkinnerDecember 9
- 1996Esteban OconSeptember 17
- 1996Sigrid (singer)September 5
Sources
Cite this page
“Jake Virtanen”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/jake-virtanen, accessed October 28, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Jake Virtanen
When was Jake Virtanen born?
August 17 1996.
How old would Jake Virtanen be today?
30 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on August 17?
Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Ederson (footballer, born 1993), Gracie Gold and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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